Doctoral student in Economic History – Women in science and technology

 

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. The University has around 44 000 students and more than 8 000 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.

Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset.

Lund University School of Economics and Management is one of eight faculties within Lund University. More than 4 000 students and 450 researchers, teachers and other staff are engaged here in training and research in economic history, business administration, business law, informatics, economics, statistics and research policy.

The School of Economics and Management is accredited by the three largest and most influential accreditation institutes for business schools: EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB. Only just over 100 business schools in the world have achieved this prestigious Triple Crown accreditation.

Assigned duties

Those appointed to doctoral studentship shall primarily devote themselves to their studies, aimed to result in a doctoral degree. Work carried out during the studentship consists of participation in research projects as well as successful participation in postgraduate (third-cycle) courses. Those appointed to doctoral studentships may also work, to a limited extent, with educational tasks and administration at the Department of Economic History. However, duties of this kind may not comprise of more than 20 percent of a full time post.

The PhD position is linked to the research program ‘Women in science and technology: career impediments and the child penalty’ (WINST), funded by FORTE 2021-2027. The program is an international collaboration involving researchers based in Denmark, Finland and Sweden.

Eligibility / Admission requirements

A person meets the general admission requirements for third-cycle courses and study programmes if he or she has:

• Been awarded a second-cycle degree; or
• Satisfied the requirements for courses comprising of at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle; or
• Acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.

(Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 7, Section 39)

Specific admission requirements for doctoral studies in each subject are specified in the relevant general syllabus, available at https://www.lusem.lu.se/study/phd

Other requirements

A proficient level of English is required in both written and oral communication.

Basis of assessment

Admittance of a doctoral student is based on an assessment of the candidate’s ability to benefit from third-cycle studies, see the general syllabus for third-cycle studies, available at www.lusem.lu.se/study/phd.

The applicant’s ability to benefit from third-cycle studies and research will primarily be assessed on the basis of academic results from the first and second cycle.

Applicant’s general competence:

• Quality and content of previous written work, such as a Master’s thesis.
• Ability to participate actively in the Department’s research environment.
• Ability to participate actively in the research program across national boundaries (see below)
• Ability to perform independent scientific work.
• Skills and knowledge in statistics and econometrics.
• Experience or interest in working with large individual-level databases.
• Proficiency in written and oral communication.
• Relevant educational background, for example in economic history, economics, sociology, or research policy.
• Other relevant experiences for third-cycle education, such as work experience.

General information about the research program and the PhD project

The aim of the program is to examine the careers of women and men in science and technology with the use of micro (register) data. Our goal is to investigate patterns in scientific and inventive careers and highlight factors that create gender differences in such paths (e.g., family background, fertility, educational choices, resources). We will look at people’s career advances and productivity in terms of quantity and quality of scientific and inventive output. The student will be supervised by the senior faculty involved in the project and use large-scale micro data to track people’s careers in science and technology. Thus, interest in, and ideally experience of such data and methods is highly valued.

The PhD student will be placed in Lund, Sweden where the program is hosted. The program is international where we are also hiring 1-2 PhD students in Finland (HANKEN school of business and/or Aalto University) and a Postdoc in Denmark (Copenhagen Business School). The student in Sweden will work on Swedish data, but if opportunities arise s/he can also be expected to work cross-country with the partner universities. To facilitate this type of work, the student will use travel funds as part of the project.

More information about the program can be found at winst.blogg.lu.se, or directly from the project leader (contact details below).

Terms of employment

Fixed-term employment, maximum four years (fulltime studies).

Only those admitted to third-cycle courses and study programmes at a higher education may beappointed to doctoral student.

For regulations concerning employment of doctoral students etc, see the Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5, Sections 1-7.

Application procedure

Please use Lund University job application portal when applying: http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about/ work-at-lund-university

The application must be written in English.

The application should contain:

• Personal letter in which the applicant gives a short description of him/herself and his/her research interests and its relevance for the project, maximum 3 pages.
• Curriculum vitae.
• Grade transcripts.
• Master thesis or similar degree projects.
• If appropriate, documented language skills relevant for third-cycle studies.
• Other documents that the applicant wishes to submit.

The applicant is encouraged to name a maximum of two teachers or researchers who can give recommendation letters, but we do not consider recommendation letters with the application.

The Department of Economic History is a research-intensive department that employs about 100 people: researchers, teachers, technical/administrative staff, and Ph.D. candidates. The department has a large PhD programme and co-ordinates three international Master programmes. The Department has a well established reputation for wide-ranging research with an emphasis on long-term processes, and with economic theory and quantitative methods as important methodological tools. Strong research areas at the department include economic growth and structural change, innovation, energy and sustainability, development economics, and economic demography, as well as financial history and education and the labour market. More information is available at the Department’s website: http://www.ekh.lu.se/en.

We kindly decline all sales and marketing contacts.

Type of employment	Temporary position longer than 6 months
First day of employment	2022-08-22
Salary	Monthly salary
Number of positions	1
Working hours	100
City	Lund
County	Skåne län
Country	Sweden
Reference number	PA2022/930
Contact	Projektledare, Professor Olof Ejermo, +46462229650, olof.ejermo@ekh.lu.se Studierektor för forskarutbildningen, Professor El, 046 2227486, ellen.hillbom@ekh.lu.se
Union representative	OFR/ST:Fackförbundet ST:s kansli, 046-222 93 62 SACO:Saco-s-rådet vid Lunds universitet, 046-222 93 64 SEKO: Seko Civil, 046-222 93 66
Published	21.Mar.2022
Last application date	01.May.2022 11:59 PM CEST

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PhD position in Federated Monitoring and Automated Response

 

The Twente University Centre for Cybersecurity Research has a vacancy for a PhD Position in Federated Monitoring and Automated Response.

Real-time monitoring is essential for threat detection and response. Many different monitoring approaches have been proposed in the state-of-the-art and several tools are available on the market. However, the complexity and dynamism of modern distributed environments pose a critical challenge to such tools, which are limited in terms of scalability and visibility. Additionally, in such distributed architectures it is crucial to correlate observed insights (e.g., indicators of compromise) to track lateral movement.

The goal of this PhD Project is to research novel methodologies to monitor distributed environments, ultimately aiming at threat detection, automate the extraction, learning, and correlation of cyber threat intelligence (CTI), and reason about effective and transferable threat response strategies.

Research Question:

How do we monitor distributed environments for threat detection and how do we extract, share, and deploy response strategies in an automated way?

YOUR PROFILE

We are looking for a highly motivated, entrepreneurial and enthusiastic researcher with a background in, or affinity with, researching, designing, and building Federated Monitoring and Automated Response approaches for Data Security;

You have, or will shortly acquire, an MSc degree in computer science, business information technology or electrical engineering or comparable with a background in Cybersecurity;

You have a creative mindset and excellent analytical and communication skills;

You have good team spirit and like to work in an interdisciplinary and internationally oriented environment;

You are proficient in English.

OUR OFFER

As a PhD student at UT, you will be appointed to a full-time position for four years, with a qualifier in the first year, within a very stimulating and exciting scientific environment;

The University offers a dynamic ecosystem with enthusiastic colleagues;

Your salary and associated conditions are in accordance with the collective labour agreement for Dutch universities (CAO-NU);

You will receive a gross monthly salary ranging from € 2.443,- (first year) to € 3.122,- (fourth year);

There are excellent benefits including a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary, an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%, and a solid pension scheme;

A family-friendly institution that offers parental leave (both paid and unpaid);

You will have a training programme as part of the Twente Graduate School where you and your supervisors will determine a plan for a suitable education and supervision;

We encourage a high degree of responsibility and independence, while collaborating with close colleagues, researchers and other staff.

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION

Are you interested in this position? Please submit your application before may 31st via the ‘Apply now’ button below and include:

A motivation letter, emphasizing your specific interest and motivation to apply for a PhD position in this research area.

A detailed Curriculum Vitae, including any publications if applicable, academic awards and your working experience.

An academic transcript of BSc and MSc education, including grades.

For more information, you are welcome to contact Tom van Boven, t.w.vanboven@utwente.nl

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PhD position in Dynamic Knowledge Modeling for Lifecycle Security

 

The Twente University Centre for Cybersecurity Research has a vacancy for a PhD Position in Dynamic Knowledge Modeling for Lifecycle Security of Critical Infrastructures. Critical infrastructures are networked systems whose continued operation is essential to uphold certain basic requirements of life. Yet, overall approaches to incorporate newly developed security measures against cyberattacks at reasonable costs, with limited operational disturbance, and in compliance with regulation during the typically extended operational lifetime of critical infrastructures are lacking.

The goal of this PhD project is to study and develop dynamic knowledge modelling approaches that provide structured knowledge on security-relevant aspects of a critical infrastructure based on real-time or historical data about the infrastructure.

To validate the results of the project, we want to design and prototype a monitoring and decision-support system based on the notions of digital twin and DevSecOps. The functionality of this system should include: collection and storage of data about the critical infrastructure, access to data and transformation into structured knowledge, API for accessing the knowledge.

Research Questions:

1. What aspects of critical infrastructures need to be represented with knowledge models, what is the desired level of detail of these aspects in the knowledge model?

2. How to collect the data about the these aspects of the real world system and how to create the dynamic knowledge model from the data?

3. What is the architecture of systems that implement dynamic knowledge models for lifecycle security of critical infrastructures?

YOUR PROFILE

We are looking for a highly motivated, entrepreneurial and enthusiastic researcher with a background in, or affinity with, researching, designing, and building dynamic modelling approaches for lifecycle security;

You have, or will shortly acquire, an MSc degree in computer science, business information technology or electrical engineering or comparable with a background in Cybersecurity;

You have a creative mindset and excellent analytical and communication skills;

You have good team spirit and like to work in an interdisciplinary and internationally oriented environment;

You are proficient in English.

OUR OFFER

As a PhD student at UT, you will be appointed to a full-time position for four years, with a qualifier in the first year, within a very stimulating and exciting scientific environment;

The University offers a dynamic ecosystem with enthusiastic colleagues;

Your salary and associated conditions are in accordance with the collective labour agreement for Dutch universities (CAO-NU);

You will receive a gross monthly salary ranging from € 2.443,- (first year) to € 3.122,- (fourth year);

There are excellent benefits including a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary, an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%, and a solid pension scheme;

A family-friendly institution that offers parental leave (both paid and unpaid);

You will have a training programme as part of the Twente Graduate School where you and your supervisors will determine a plan for a suitable education and supervision;

We encourage a high degree of responsibility and independence, while collaborating with close colleagues, researchers and other staff.

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION

Are you interested in this position? Please submit your application before may 31st via the ‘Apply now’ button below and include:

A  motivation letter, emphasizing your specific interest and motivation to apply for a PhD position in this research area.

A detailed Curriculum Vitae, including any publications if applicable, academic awards and your working experience.

An academic transcript of BSc and MSc education, including grades.

For more information, you are welcome to contact Tom van Boven, via t.w.vanboven@utwente.nl

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PhD in understanding the current state of cybersecurity

 

The Twente University Centre for Cybersecurity Research has a vacancy for a PhD Position in understanding the current state of cybersecurity with the help of macro and micro level indicators.

A rational security decision at the firm level should result in maximum organizational utility. Unfortunately, security managers need to constantly take decisions under uncertain circumstances and constrained budgets in order to make their organizations cyber safe. It is hard for decision makers to determine on how and how much to invest in security without understanding it’s expected future benefits or to comment on whether or not to pay the ransom after a breach of their IT systems without knowing their alternatives.

Much of the information that we have on how companies protect themselves from cyber attacks and the costs due to successful attack events are based on surveys. Since, security events and losses are unevenly distributed, most survey responses are dominated by a minority of responses in the upper tail. This PhD project focusses on designing socio-economic measurement tools and develop metrics for security variables. Aim is to measure security effectiveness based on the outcome (being compromised as an organization or not) which is in itself very hard to measure, developing metrics for effectiveness of actions, controls, or measures against the event of being hacked.

Research Questions:

1. Which security variables need to be considered and measured by organisations for determining likelihood of attack and breach? How are these factors dependent on industry sectors, organisational size, IT implementation model etc.?

2. How can organizations model and predict the costs (direct and indirect) of successful attacks?

YOUR PROFILE

We are looking for a highly motivated, entrepreneurial and enthusiastic researcher with a background in, or affinity with, researching, designing, and building dynamic modelling approaches to understand the macro and micro level indicators for the current state of cybersecurity;

You have, or will shortly acquire, an MSc degree in Business Information Technology, Business Administration or comparable;

You have a creative mindset and excellent analytical and communication skills;

You have good team spirit and like to work in an interdisciplinary and internationally oriented environment

You are proficient in English.

OUR OFFER

As a PhD student at UT, you will be appointed to a full-time position for four years, with a qualifier in the first year, within a very stimulating and exciting scientific environment;

The University offers a dynamic ecosystem with enthusiastic colleagues;

Your salary and associated conditions are in accordance with the collective labour agreement for Dutch universities (CAO-NU);

You will receive a gross monthly salary ranging from € 2.443,- (first year) to € 3.122,- (fourth year);

There are excellent benefits including a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary, an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%, and a solid pension scheme;

A family-friendly institution that offers parental leave (both paid and unpaid);

You will have a training programme as part of the Twente Graduate School where you and your supervisors will determine a plan for a suitable education and supervision;

We encourage a high degree of responsibility and independence, while collaborating with close colleagues, researchers and other staff.

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION

Are you interested in this position? Please submit your application before may 31st via the ‘Apply now’ button below and include:

A motivation letter, emphasizing your specific interest and motivation to apply for a PhD position in this research area.

A detailed Curriculum Vitae, including any publications if applicable, academic awards and your working experience.

An academic transcript of BSc and MSc education, including grades.

For more information, you are welcome to contact Tom van Boven, t.w.vanboven@utwente.nl

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Assistant Professor in “Engineering Therapeutics”

 

Within the faculty of Science and Technology (S&T), the department of “Advanced Organ bioengineering and Therapeutics (AOT) and chair of Engineered Therapeutics,

we are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic

Assistant Professor (f/m) in ‘Engineering Therapeutics”.

Assistant Professor profile

The candidate is expected to have a background in the biomedical sciences, bioengineering, drug delivery and nanomedicine and should have experience in the multidisciplinary environment of targeted therapeutics from designing to testing, including nanomedicine/drug conjugates development, in vitro testing in simple to complex 3D models, and in vivo animal models.

We expect you to:

contribute to the ongoing research activities and further develop your research ideas within the AOT and Engineered Therapeutics chair.

contribute to the education activities of AOT and Engineering Therapeutics.

apply for personal grants and contribute to acquiring other national and international grants.

supervise bachelor, master and PhD students and publish articles in prominent peer-reviewed scientific journals.

YOUR PROFILE

Assistant Professor profile

The candidate is expected to have a background in the biomedical sciences, bioengineering, drug delivery and nanomedicine and should have experience in the multidisciplinary environment of targeted therapeutics from designing to testing, including nanomedicine/drug conjugates development, in vitro testing in simple to complex 3D models, and in vivo animal models.

We expect you to:

contribute to the ongoing research activities and further develop your research ideas within the AOT and Engineered Therapeutics chair.

contribute to the education activities of AOT and Engineering Therapeutics.

apply for personal grants and contribute to acquiring other national and international grants.

supervise bachelor, master and PhD students and publish articles in prominent peer-reviewed scientific journals.

OUR OFFER

We offer a fulltime, structural position, starting with a temporary appointment for a period of 2 years with the prospect of a permanent position after a positive evaluation.

Our terms of employment are in accordance with the Dutch Collective Labor Agreement for Universities (CAO) and include a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary and a year-end bonus of 8,3%.

Depending on your relevant background and experience, the salary, on a fulltime basis, ranges from € 3.821 (scale 11) to € 5.943, - gross per month.

A minimum of 29 leave days in case of fulltime employment.

Professional and personal development programs.

A solid pension schemes.

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION

Are you interested in joining our team? Please submit your application before May 1, 2022, via the ‘Apply now’ button, and include:

Your letter of motivation.

A Curriculum Vitae, including a complete list of publications, lectures and presentations at conferences and a list of third-party funding.

Research and education plan

Letters of recommendation or contact information of two references we can contact.

You are welcome to contact Prof. Dr. Jai Prakash (j.prakash@utwente.nl), Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Stamatialis (d.stamatialis@utwente.nl) or our secretary Ms. Karin G. Hendriks (k.g.hendriks@utwente.nl) for any questions you may have.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our university. We encourage applications from all sections of society.

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Assistant Professor Philosophy of Health and Technology

 

We seek a philosopher working in an area of health for an assistant professor position in the Philosophy Section at the University of Twente. The section offers a stimulating and collaborative departmental, faculty and international environment. As our new member you will publish in international refereed journals, present at conferences, apply for external funding and engage in international outreach activities.

For this position you should have an established line of research in a philosophical field related to health and health care (particularly bioethics, philosophy of medicine, health-related philosophy of science or philosophical anthropology). We expect you to develop these lines of research. You will also teach courses within your specialization area in the master programme in Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society (PSTS), as well as introductory courses in different areas of philosophy for bachelor and master programs in engineering and social science. Our members engage in supervision of master's theses in the PSTS programme and at some point supervise PhD students.

Additionally you will be expected to build research links with members of the Health Technologies and Services Research (HTSR) section at the university. We would like you to demonstrate potential strategies for engaging with health sciences research, on conceptual, methodological and ethical issues of relevance to researchers in the HTSR section. One area of particular engagement is patient empowerment! HTSR has a specific research interest in patient empowerment, which is a relatively new concept in health care. Its implementation requires careful investigation of the shifting roles of patients and citizens in research and clinical decision making, which takes into account different perspectives. Research could explore, through qualitative investigations for instance (e.g., focus-groups, interviews etc), how different stakeholders understand empowerment, what measures might contribute to it, and what the risks and harms are when considering empowerment to be a main goal of healthcare. We are open to considering any potential plans or proposals for engagement with health science researchers on different topics.

YOUR PROFILE

A PhD in philosophy related to health and technology (particularly bioethics, philosophy of medicine, health-related philosophy of science or philosophical anthropology);

Experience with collaborating across disciplinary boundaries;

An interest in working directly with health scientists;

An excellent publication track record in peer-reviewed international journals;

An established teaching line in philosophy. The position will be 50%:50% teaching/research with staff expected to teach philosophy courses;

Possession of a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ);

Proficient in English (C2 level). Dutch is an advantage or willingness to acquire within a short time frame (for research purposes).

Perhaps you are the candidate we are looking for!

OUR OFFER

We offer an appointment as Assistant Professor for 1 year, after which your position can become permanent, subject to a successful evaluation. The starting salary, depending on your experience, ranges between € 3.821 to € 5.943 gross per month (in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities). In addition, the University of Twente offers additional attractive employment conditions (8% holiday allowance, 8.3% end-of-year bonus, solid pension scheme, sabbatical leave, professional and personal development programs, etc.).

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION

You are encouraged to discuss your ideas about this position with dr. Miles MacLeod of the Philosophy section: m.a.j.macleod@utwente.nl

You can submit your application, including a recent CV and your vision statement on teaching and research, along with the names of two referees apply latest the 9th of May.

Starting date 1st August 2022 - negotiable.

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Assistant Professor Evaluation Health Innovations

 

Health innovations such as AI algorithms for predicting presence of disease, e-Health apps for monitoring personal health conditions, and 3D printing for constructing personalized bone implants are revolutionizing healthcare, and the way health is perceived. However, traditional innovation development and evaluation frameworks are still limited in scope and provide insights only from single disciplinary perspectives! To better understand the ongoing revolution in health and healthcare, its impacts, and how these may benefit society, we strive to:

Investigate how different forms of medical and social empirical evidence can be combined (and weighted) in health economic analyses, and how “responsible” model-based decision-making can be supported, for example with the best validation practices;

Account for (end user) values in the early design stages of health innovations, by integrating, for example, Value Sensitive Design and Anticipatory Ethics, with formal expert elicitation, stakeholder analysis, and early modelling, to increase their value to society;

Investigate the underlying ethical and value presuppositions governing different current approaches for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) to identify and correct for biases if required;

Identify how the health economic decision framework, focusing on health outcomes and costs, may be updated with insights from the bio-ethics field or a philosophy of health and medicine field. These insights may be related to, for example, public acceptability, quality and equity of resource allocation decisions in healthcare, and aspects of health system sustainability.

Can you integrate HTA perspectives and philosophical perspectives? Then together we can improve the design and development, the formal evaluation based on evidence, the successful innovation implementation in practice, and the broader decision making processes of innovations in healthcare.

YOUR PROFILE

A PhD in HTA/health economics or related field with quantitative components, for example in industrial engineering, econometrics, technical medicine, health sciences, computer science;

Experience with collaborating across disciplinary boundaries, and preferably with partners in healthcare;

Affinity with simulation modeling, mixed methods, expert elicitation is considered an advantage;

Excellent teaching skills and possession of a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) or willing to acquire this. Ability to educate students in health programmes (and potentially in philosophy as well). Envisioned balance between teaching and research is 50%:50%;

Proficient in English (C2 level). Speaking Dutch is an advantage, as is willingness to learn this within a short time frame (for research purposes).

Perhaps you are the candidate we are looking for!

OUR OFFER

We offer an appointment as Assistant Professor for 1 year, after which your position can become permanent, subject to a successful evaluation. The starting salary, depending on your experience, ranges between € 3.821 to € 5.943 gross per month (in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities). In addition, the University of Twente offers additional attractive employment conditions (8% holiday allowance, 8.3% end-of-year bonus, solid pension scheme, sabbatical leave, professional and personal development programs, etc.).

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION

We encourage you to discuss your ideas about this position with prof. dr.ir. H. Koffijberg of the HTSR section: h.koffijberg@utwente.nl

You can submit your application, including a recent CV and your vision statement on teaching and research, along with the names of two referees before the 9th of May.

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Postdoc position on Material learning with dopant network processing units

 

This position is part of the Horizon Europe Pathfinder project HYBRAIN (www.hybrain.eu). HYBRAIN’s vision is to realize a radically new technology for ultra-fast and energy-efficient edge AI inference based on a world-first, unique, brain-inspired hybrid architecture of integrated photonics and unconventional electronics with collocated memory and processing. As the most stringent latency bottleneck in CNNs arise from the initial convolution layers, we will take advantage of the ultrahigh throughput and low latency of photonic convolutional processors (PCPs). Their output is processed using cascaded analog electronic linear and novel nonlinear classifier layers.

In 2020 we introduced the concept of dopant network processing units (DNPUs, Nature **577**, 341-345 (2020)). In this postdoc project you will work on the development of efficient machine learning procedures to be applied on DNPU networks in combination with photonic and analog electronic hardware. We will move to larger multi-DNPU networks and investigate the training performance of various conventional gradient descent methods for multi-DNPU networks in simulation first.

YOUR PROFILE

You are a highly motivated and enthusiastic researcher;

You have a PhD degree in the field of machine learning, electrical engineering or similar with an affection for (solid-state) physics;

You are an independent and original thinker with a creative mindset;

You are a fast thinker with excellent analytical and communication skills;

You have good team spirit and like to work in an internationally oriented environment;

You are experienced with Python and Pytorch;

You are fluent in English.

OUR OFFER

You will be appointed for a period of maximum 3 years full-time within a very stimulating scientific environment. The university offers a dynamic ecosystem with enthusiastic colleagues.

Your salary and associated conditions are in accordance with the collective labour agreement for Dutch universities (CAO-NU);

Gross salary between € 3.420,- and € 4.490,- per month depending on experience and qualifications;

Excellent benefits including a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary, a year-end bonus of 8.3% and a solid pension scheme;

Between 29 and 41 leave days in case of full-time employment;

Excellent support for research and facilities for professional and personal development.

We encourage a high degree of responsibility and independence, while collaborating with close colleagues, researchers and other university staff.

We are also a family-friendly institution that offers parental leave (both paid and unpaid) and career support for partners

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION

Are you interested in this position? Please send your application via the 'Apply now' button below before May 1st, and include:

A motivation letter, emphasizing your specific interest and motivation to apply for a Postdoc position in this research area.

A detailed Curriculum Vitae, including any publications if applicable, academic awards and your working experience.

For more information regarding this position, you are welcome to contact Prof. Wilfred G. van der Wiel via info@hybrain.eu

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. Because of our diversity values we do particularly encourage women to apply.

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PhD position on Material learning with dopant network processing units

 

This position is part of the Horizon Europe Pathfinder project HYBRAIN (www.hybrain.eu). HYBRAIN’s vision is to realize a radically new technology for ultra-fast and energy-efficient edge AI inference based on a world-first, unique, brain-inspired hybrid architecture of integrated photonics and unconventional electronics with collocated memory and processing. As the most stringent latency bottleneck in CNNs arise from the initial convolution layers, we will take advantage of the ultrahigh throughput and low latency of photonic convolutional processors (PCPs). Their output is processed using cascaded analog electronic linear and novel nonlinear classifier layers.

In 2020 we introduced the concept of dopant network processing units (DNPUs, [Nature **577**, 341-345 (2020))](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1901-0). In this PhD project you will work on the fabrication and characterization of a new generation of dopant network processing units (DNPUs), that can be operated at room temperature and that will be integrated with photonic and analog electronic hardware.

YOUR PROFILE

You are a highly motivated and enthusiastic researcher;

You have a MSc degree in the field of (applied) physics, electrical engineering or similar with an affection for machine learning;

You are an independent and original thinker with a creative mindset;

You are a fast thinker with excellent analytical and communication skills;

You have good team spirit and like to work in an internationally oriented environment;

You are experienced with Python and Pytorch;

You are fluent in English.

OUR OFFER

As a PhD student at UT, you will be appointed to a full-time position for four years, with a qualifier in the first year, within a very stimulating and exciting scientific environment;

The University offers a dynamic ecosystem with enthusiastic colleagues;

Your salary and associated conditions are in accordance with the collective labour agreement for Dutch universities (CAO-NU);

You will receive a gross monthly salary ranging from € 2.443,- (first year) to € 3.122,- (fourth year);

There are excellent benefits including a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary, an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%, and a solid pension scheme;

A family-friendly institution that offers parental leave (both paid and unpaid);

You will have a training programme as part of the Twente Graduate School where you and your supervisors will determine a plan for a suitable education and supervision;

We encourage a high degree of responsibility and independence, while collaborating with close colleagues, researchers and other staff.

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION

Are you interested in this position? Please send your application via the 'Apply now' button below before May 1st, and include:

A motivation letter, emphasizing your specific interest and motivation to apply for a PhD position in this research area.

A detailed Curriculum Vitae, including any publications if applicable, academic awards and your working experience.

An academic transcript of BSc and MSc education, including grades.

For more information regarding this position, you are welcome to contact Prof. Wilfred G. van der Wiel via info@hybrain.eu

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. Because of our diversity values we do particularly encourage women to apply.

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PDEng in Design and optimization of a hydrothermal process to convert organic residues into a fuel

 

Are you interested in high-end technological design? Then, the Professional Doctorate in Engineering (PDEng) programme Energy and Process Technology is very interesting for you. The PDEng programme is a 2-year post-MSc technological programme with a focus on technological design. This programme at the University of Twente contains an educational part that will be followed at the University of Twente, and a design project that will be carried out at the TORWASH company. The educational programme will have an in-depth and broadening character with ample attention for professional development and will be partly tailored to the design project.

Project description

The company TORWASH has developed and patented a novel process that converts wet organic residues into a solid feedstock for heat and power generation or production of biochemicals. The process is performed under elevated temperature and pressure, and the water is used as a reaction medium for the hydrolysis to separate solid and liquid fractions. By processing and reusing the liquid fraction to cover the energy demands of the process, a zero-waste energy neutral technology is achieved.

The specific objective of the PDEng design project is to further develop and optimize the process such that a high quality final product can be obtained. Modeling of the tube-in-tube reactor and gaining a knowledge regarding the phenomena which occur in its inside are here the main tasks. For modeling an open source CFD programme (OpenFOAM) will be used in combination with an Eulerian-Lagrangian approach to predict the flow of continuous and discrete phases. For the process optimization various reactor geometries and injection conditions will be investigated. These will include: reactor diameter, positioning angle of the reactor tubes, dry matter content, pressure swing, etc. The obtained data will give insight into the phenomena interacting inside the reactor and it will be used to optimized the heat transfer process. The ultimate goal of the project is to design geometrical and process parameters that will lead to superior product formation.

Activities:

CFD aided design of optimized reactor geometry and process operational parameters

Techno-economic analysis of the designed unit/process

YOUR PROFILE

MSc graduated in the field of Thermal Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline with a demonstrable affinity with design and multidisciplinary assignments. Besides;

You can work in a team;

Your communication skills in English are excellent;

Previous international mobility, experience in the field of CFD modelling and/or process technology is welcome. An interview will be part of the selection procedure;

You have a sound project approach;

You speak and write fluent English;

You must have the ambition and talent to accelerate in finding solutions / creating designs for complex technological issues with a multidisciplinary character.

OUR OFFER

You will be employed at the company TORWASH;

We offer a very challenging fulltime position for two years in an inspiring multidisciplinary and international environment;

On completing the program, you will receive a certified degree. You will be entitled to use the academic degree PDEng and will be registered as a Technological Designer in the Dutch register kept by the Royal Institution of Engineers in the Netherlands (KIVI).

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION

You are welcome to contact dr.ir. A.K. Pozarlik for any questions you might have (email a.k.pozarlik@utwente.nl).

Your application should include:

CV

Motivation Letter

Please upload your application via the ‘Apply now’ button before April 19th 2022.

General information about a PDEng position can be found via the link.

and specific for the PDEng in maintenance via the link.

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Assistant and Associate Professor positions in Cybersecurity

 

We live in a digital society. People and organizations depend on the ubiquitous availability of data provided by connected digital devices and other computer systems. Therefore, they have to rely on the security, privacy and trust of data handled by these systems. To get access to valuable data, these systems are continuously under threat of attacks, unintentionally initiated by normal users or intentionally by hackers, criminals but also companies and nation states. It is therefore of key importance that data is stored, transmitted and processed in a secure, trusted, resilient and privacy-aware way, and – accepting that we live in a world where attacks remain a major threat – are able to detect, respond to and recover from data attacks.

The SCS group

SCS works on the design and analysis of trustworthy and secure services that are realized by the complex cooperation of human and software agents. Due to the central role of data, our cybersecurity research strategy follows a data-centric approach. This approach tackles the challenge of defending computer systems as a whole from two different angles: security for data and data for security. Security for data focusses on methods, techniques, and tools for secure data management during storage, transmission, and processing of data. Data for security focusses on methods, techniques, and tools analyzing behavioral and architectural data of services, systems, and communication in order to predict, identify, prevent and mitigate data cyberattacks. Both research directions are based on the analysis of existing systems, software and services in their context but also on the design of novel systems. Our cybersecurity education activities include fundamental bachelor courses on cybersecurity –ranging from cryptography and data security to system security and AI for security–  and advanced cybersecurity master courses that are tightly coupled with our research, ranging from secure data management, software and system security, to secure cloud computing and privacy-enhancing technologies.

More information about the group: https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/scs/

Embedding in TUCCR

The SCS cybersecurity research is one of the pillars of the Twente University Centre for Cybersecurity Research, TUCCR. The centre is a public-private partnership between the University Twente, public-private knowledge organizations and industry. TUCCR brings together cybersecurity researchers from various research groups of the University of Twente with researchers and innovation managers from the participating organizations and industries in order to deliver cybersecurity solutions to industry and society at large.

More information about the centre: https://www.utwente.nl/en/digital-society/research/themes/TUCCR/

YOUR PROFILE

Scientific excellence is a must and should be demonstrated by high-quality output. A successful candidate will also demonstrate her or his intrinsic motivation and strong abilities for teaching at the bachelor and master level. We value a vision on academic teaching, blending the physical and digital experience. The candidate should have excellent communication skills, allowing efficient interaction with colleagues.

You have a PhD in Computer Science with a track record of scientific publications in the area of data and service cybersecurity.

You are motivated by practical applications of your research both in industry as well as society at large.

You have strong abilities for high-quality research and teaching in a multidisciplinary context.

You are effective in acquiring external funding.

You are a team worker, capable of strengthening the SCS group and able to contribute to TUCCR.

You are fluent in English. Knowledge of, or willingness to learn Dutch is an advantage.

You have a University Teaching Qualification (Dutch: BKO) or equivalent, or are willing to acquire one within three years.

OUR OFFER

We offer a structural position, starting with a temporary appointment with the prospect of a permanent position after a positive evaluation.

For candidates with exceptional qualities, the possibility of a tenure track exists.

Our terms of employment are in accordance with the Dutch Collective Labor Agreement for Universities (CAO) and include a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary and a year-end bonus of 8.3 %.

Depending on your relevant background and experience, the gross monthly salary on a full-time basis ranges from € 3.821,-  to € 7.079,- per month.

A minimum of 29 leave days in case of full-time employment based on a formal workweek of 38 hours. A fulltime employment in practice means 40 hours a week, therefore resulting in 96 extra leave hours on an annual basis.

A family-friendly institution that offers parental leave (both paid and unpaid) and career support for partners.

Furthermore, we offer excellent professional and personal development programs.

Finally, you will work in a lively, inspiring and dynamic working environment in an organization focusing on internationalization, where you will have a high degree of responsibility and independence.

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION

Are you interested in joining our team? Please submit your application before May 9, 2022 via the "Apply Now" button below, including:

A curriculum vitae (including, list of publications, research and teaching statement)

A cover letter in which you describe your motivation and qualifications for the position.

You are welcome to contact dr.ir.  M.J. van Sinderen via m.j.vansinderen@utwente.nl, for any questions you might have.

We would very much like to increase the number of women in the department. Therefore we warmly invite women to apply.

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PhD Student in Energy Engineering with special emphasis on thermochemical conversion of fast-growing broadleaf trees

 

Luleå University of Technology experiences rapid growth with world-leading expertise within several research domains. We shape the future through innovative education and groundbreaking research results and drawing on our location in the Arctic region, we create global societal benefit. Our scientific and artistic research and education are carried out in close collaboration with international, national and regional companies, public actors and leading universities. Luleå University of Technology has an annual turnover of SEK 1.8 billion. Today, we have 1,770 staff and 17,200 students.

In the coming years, multi-billion investments will be made in large projects in Northern Sweden to create a fossil-free society both nationally and globally. Luleå University of Technology is involved in several of these cutting-edge research projects and in the societal transformation that they entail. We offer a broad range of courses and study programmes to match the skills in demand. We hope that you will help us to build the sustainable companies and societies of the future.

Do you want to develop science-based, innovative solutions for a new sustainable forest biomass supply system? Do you want to show how the new biomass supply system will affect the processes for the delivery of high-value materials and energy products? If your answer is yes, take the opportunity to carry out PhD research in a dynamic, international research environment. The Division of Energy Science at Luleå University of Technology seeks three Ph.D. students within Energy Engineering, to work in the new Centre of Excellence TREES FOR ME.

Subject description

Energy engineering includes the development of technologies and processes for a sustainable energy supply. The research focuses on bioenergy technologies and efficient energy use in industry and society, with close collaboration with companies/industries. Our research has high international standards, and we collaborate with researchers around the world.

TREES FOR ME

Climate change puts our forests at risk, and current forest biomass production is neither secure, sustainable, nor sufficient to meet future demands for energy and materials or societal goals for biodiversity, recreation, and aesthetics. TREES FOR ME (TFM) is a centre of excellence on fast-growing broadleaves (poplar, aspen, hybrid aspen, birch) for sustainable forests, materials, and energy. Fifty partner organizations representing academic and research institutes, the enterprise, and public sectors will collaborate to find solutions to meet future demands, and mitigate risks to forest health. The centre’s goal is to develop science-based, innovative solutions for a new sustainable forest biomass supply system for the delivery of high-value materials and energy products, and build future competence within the relevant fields. In total, 13 PhD students will be recruited to the centre, who will collaborate with stakeholders representing the whole forest-based value chain to build research excellence and knowledge for the Swedish energy and forest sectors, and society in general.

Project description

The overall aim of your research is to propose efficient and sustainable thermochemical conversion (TCC) processes based on fast-growing broadleaved species (FGBs). You will investigate how plant species, forest management, and feedstock handling influence TCC, for example, fuel composition, thermophysical properties, fuel conversion, and the properties of material and energy products. You will mainly handle combustion, gasification and pyrolysis technologies. Based on the results of your research, you will suggest suitable processes and process conditions for different assortments of FGBs.

Your work will be carried out in close collaboration with forest researchers from the Swedish Agricultural University within TFM and with the Ph.D. students for the sister project at Energy Engineering (ash formation processes and value chain analyses). You will participate in the selection of the feedstock and field trips to collect feedstock, and carry out detailed fuel characterization and TCC experiments. You will also join industrial trials at full-scale plants at a few energy companies.

You will participate in joint courses, seminars, etc. within TFM, of which some will take place in other parts of Sweden than Luleå.

Duties

As a PhD student, most of your working time will be devoted to your own research project. You work independently with your research, and communicate your results in scientific journals and participation at national and international conferences. You also study third-cycle courses. In addition, you can have the opportunity to try the teacher role. As a researcher, you work as a neutral party in many contexts, which provides a great opportunity to be involved in challenging development projects. You will have two or three supervisors who support you in your work.

Qualifications

We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate with the ability to work both independently and as a member of a team. You have a master’s degree in chemical engineering, process engineering, energy engineering, mechanical engineering, or equivalent. We also welcome applicants with an expected degree during spring of 2022.

Additional requirements

- Very good oral and written proficiency in English.

- Knowledge or experiences in thermochemical conversion technologies.

- Good skills in academic writing.

- Ability to work independently and take own initiatives as well as being able to penetrate new research areas on your own.

The following competencies and knowledge are meritorious

- Biomass fuel and material characterization.

- Reaction kinetics.

- Chemical engineering process and energy modelling skills.

- Heat and mass transfer.

See also the general curriculum for education at post-graduate level in Energy Engineering.

Most employees at the subject of Energy Engineering are currently men, therefore we welcome female applicants.

Further information

The PhD position includes a fixed-term full-time employment for 4 years, teaching and other department duties may be added with up to 20%. You will be employed at Luleå University of Technology, and be located in Luleå, Sweden.

For further information about the position, please contact Professor Kentaro Umeki, +46 (0)920-49 2484, kentaro.umeki@ltu.se, Professor Marcus Öhman, Head of Division, +46 (0)920-49 1977, marcus.ohman@ltu.se, Associated Professor Henrik Böhlenius, +46 (0)40-41 5178, henrik.bohlenius@slu.se, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp

Union representatives:SACO-S Kjell Johansson (+46)920-49 1529 kjell.johansson@ltu.se, OFR-S Lars Frisk, (+46)920-49 1792 lars.frisk@ltu.se

In case of different interpretations of the English and Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.

Application

Your application should include a cover letter stating the reasons why you are interested in the position and in what way the research project corresponds to your interests and educational background. The application must also contain a CV, degree certificate or equivalent, and other documents you wish to be considered (grade transcripts, contact information for your references, letters of recommendation, etc.).

Your application, including diplomas, must be written in English or Swedish.

Send in your application via the apply button below. Mark your application with the reference number.

Reference number: 1135-2022

Last day of application: 15 May 2022

 

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PhD Student in Energy Engineering with special emphasis on systems analysis of value chains based on fastgrowing broadleaf trees

 

Luleå University of Technology experiences rapid growth with world-leading expertise within several research domains. We shape the future through innovative education and groundbreaking research results and drawing on our location in the Arctic region, we create global societal benefit. Our scientific and artistic research and education are carried out in close collaboration with international, national and regional companies, public actors and leading universities. Luleå University of Technology has an annual turnover of SEK 1.8 billion. Today, we have 1,770 staff and 17,200 students.

In the coming years, multi-billion investments will be made in large projects in Northern Sweden to create a fossil-free society both nationally and globally. Luleå University of Technology is involved in several of these cutting-edge research projects and in the societal transformation that they entail. We offer a broad range of courses and study programmes to match the skills in demand. We hope that you will help us to build the sustainable companies and societies of the future.

Do you want to do research on innovative solutions for a new forest biomass supply system for the delivery of high-value sustainable materials and energy products? If your answer is yes, take the opportunity to carry out PhD research in a dynamic, international research environment.

The Division of Energy Science at Luleå University of Technology seeks three Ph.D. students within Energy Engineering, to work in the new Centre of Excellence TREES FOR ME.

Subject description

Energy engineering includes the development of technologies and processes for a sustainable energy supply. The research focuses on bioenergy technologies and efficient energy use in industry and society, with close collaboration with companies/industries. Our research has high international standards, and we collaborate with researchers around the world.

TREES FOR ME

Climate change puts our forests at risk, and current forest biomass production is neither secure, sustainable nor sufficient to meet future demands for energy and materials, or societal goals for biodiversity, recreation, and aesthetics. TREES FOR ME (TFM) is a centre of excellence on fast growing broadleaves (poplar, aspen, hybrid aspen, birch), for sustainable forests, materials and energy. Fifty partner organizations representing academic and research institutes, and the enterprise and public sectors will collaborate to find solutions to meet future demands, and mitigate risks to forest health. The centre’s goal is to develop science-based, innovative solutions for, and build future competence in, a new forest biomass supply system for the delivery of high-value sustainable materials and energy products. In total, 13 PhD students will be recruited to the centre and will collaborate with stakeholders representing the whole forest-based value chain, to build research excellence and knowledge for the Swedish energy and forest sectors, and society in general.

Project description

The overall aim of your research is to assess the role of value chains based on fast-growing broadleaf (FGB) species in the energy system transition, from a combined technical, economic and environmental perspective. You will assess how different choices regarding forest and stand management, supply chain design, and conversion technology affect the energetic, economic and environmental performance. You will also analyse trade-offs and synergies regarding, e.g., different environmental quality objectives and interactions between different industrial sectors.

Methodologically, you will apply process and supply chain modelling, and techno- and enviro-economic analysis, building on empirical knowledge from adjacent Ph.D. projects in TFM. Your work will be carried out in close collaboration with forest researchers from the Swedish Agricultural University within TFM and with the Ph.D. students recruited to the sister pro-jects at Energy Engineering, who will focus on processes for thermochemical conversion of biomass.

You will participate in joint courses, seminars, etc. within TFM, of which some will take place in other parts of Sweden than Luleå.

Duties

Most of your working time will be devoted to your own research project. You work independently with your research, and communicate your results in scientific journals and participation at national and international conferences. You also study third-cycle courses. In addition, you can have the opportunity to try the teacher role. As a researcher, you work as a neutral party in many contexts, which provides a great opportunity to be involved in challenging development projects. You will have two or three supervisors who support you in your work.

Qualifications

We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate with the ability to work both independently and as a member of a team. You have a master’s degree in energy engineering, energy systems, forestry with specialization in wood supply chain management, or equivalent. We also welcome applicants with an expected degree during spring of 2022.

Additional requirements

- Very good oral and written proficiency in English.

- Good programming, simulation and modelling skills.

- Good skills in academic writing.

- Ability to work independently and take own initiatives as well as being able to penetrate new research areas on your own.

The following competencies and knowledge are meritorious

- Chemical engineering process and energy modelling.

- Thermochemical conversion technologies for biomass for production of fuels / chemicals.

- Forest supply chain management

- Energy systems analysis including techno-economic assessments.

- Swedish or other Scandinavian language.

See also the general curriculum for education at post-graduate level in Energy Engineering.

Most employees at the subject of Energy Engineering are currently men, therefore we welcome female applicants.

Further information

The PhD position includes a fixed-term full-time employment for 4 years, teaching and other department duties may be added with up to 20%. You will be employed at Luleå University of Technology, and be located in Luleå, Sweden.

For further information about the position, please contact Professor Elisabeth Wetterlund, +46 (0)920-49 1056, elisabeth.wetterlund@ltu.se

Professor Marcus Öhman, Head of Division, +46 (0)920-49 1977, marcus.ohman@ltu.se

Union representatives:SACO-S Kjell Johansson (+46)920-49 1529 kjell.johansson@ltu.se. OFR-S Lars Frisk, (+46)920-49 1792 lars.frisk@ltu.se

In case of different interpretations of the English and Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.

Application

Your application must be written in Swedish or English. The application should include a cover letter stating the reasons why you are interested in the position and in what way the research project corresponds to your interests and educational background. The application must also contain a CV, degree certificate or equivalent, and other documents you wish to be considered (grade transcripts, contact information for your references, letters of recommendation, etc., all in Swedish or English).

Send in your application via the apply button below. Mark your application with the reference number.

Reference number: 1136-2022

Last day of application: 15 May 2022

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